Should the USA lifts its restrcitions on Cuba?

[Timmy City]

Do you guys think the usa, should lift all its restrictions on Cuba?
I think to a point, but not all of them.

[Hesse]

Why would the USA want to lift its restrictions on Cuba?

[TaQud]

Why would the USA want to lift its restrictions on Cuba?

things have change since then? (basically the age of the situation is getting old)

[Takaram]

Yes, we should. The Cold War is over, and a single nation embargo is useless. If you want to end the Castro regime and bring democratizing influences to Cuba, let American culture do it's thing.

[North California]

Yes, we should. The Cold War is over, and a single nation embargo is useless. If you want to end the Castro regime and bring democratizing influences to Cuba, let American culture do it's thing.

This.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

I've never understood why we continue to embargo Cuba when every other Communist-aligned nation that opened up to our markets eventually adopted some form of free market reforms. Well, I know (the exile movement is politically powerful), but it makes no practical sense whatsoever.

[Gauntleted Fist]

Do you guys think the usa, should lift all its restrictions on Cuba?

I think we should. The political situation has changed, our acceptance of trade with other 'communist' countries makes this abundantly clear, and it would be to our benefit to open up immigration from Cuba for those who wish to re-unite with their families in a more accessible way. I cannot think of any serious negative consequences that would come with associating more closely with Cuba now that we're over twenty years away from the end of the Cold War.

[Rio Cana]

Yes. Afterall, the US has ties to Communist Vietnam and Communist China. US losses in Vietnam were over 50000 troops. US also had losses fighting the Chinese in Korea. While in Cuba no troop losses.

Things are changing. In that new organization called CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Cuba is a member of this Americas organization which will not let the US or Canada become members.

[Seleucas]

Absolutely; restricting voluntary exchange really doesn't make anyone better off, and restricting trade with Cuba just makes that nation's people worse off than before.

[Takaram]

Yes. Afterall, the US has ties to Communist Vietnam and Communist China. US losses in Vietnam were over 50000 troops. US also had losses fighting the Chinese in Korea. While in Cuba no troop losses.

Things are changing. In that new organization called CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Cuba is a member of this Americas organization which will not let the US or Canada become members.

Why would Canada join that group?

[Capitolinium]

Should the USA lifts its restrcitions on Cuba?

Only if there is money to be made.

[Conserative Morality]

I think we should, slowly. Tailor it to their level of lifting oppression.

[Timmy City]

Yes. Afterall, the US has ties to Communist Vietnam and Communist China. US losses in Vietnam were over 50000 troops. US also had losses fighting the Chinese in Korea. While in Cuba no troop losses.

Things are changing. In that new organization called CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Cuba is a member of this Americas organization which will not let the US or Canada become members.

Ever heard of the Bay of Pigs?

[Saruhan]

Yes. Afterall, the US has ties to Communist Vietnam and Communist China. US losses in Vietnam were over 50000 troops. US also had losses fighting the Chinese in Korea. While in Cuba no troop losses.

Things are changing. In that new organization called CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Cuba is a member of this Americas organization which will not let the US or Canada become members.

Ever heard of the Bay of Pigs?

They were counter-Revolutionaries and not American citizens

[Farnhamia]

I've never understood why we continue to embargo Cuba when every other Communist-aligned nation that opened up to our markets eventually adopted some form of free market reforms. Well, I know (the exile movement is politically powerful), but it makes no practical sense whatsoever.

Votes are always important.

Yeah, we should have lifted them years ago.

[Shady Deals]

I've stated this in a previous thread on this topic: the embargo is a Cold War relic policy that needs to be abandoned. There's so much opportunity for trade it's foolish not to take advantage of it.

[Buffett and Colbert]

It should, although I rue the day since that would mark the end to Puerto Rico's already dwindling tourism sector.

[Saiwania]

I see no need for the US to lift its embargo when it would benefit Cuba more and further strengthen the Castro regime. Cuba can trade with any other country willing to trade with them.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Yes, because the embargo has achieved nothing.

[Radiatia]

It shouldn't have had them in the first place.

[North California]

It should, although I rue the day since that would mark the end to Puerto Rico's already dwindling tourism sector.

Make PR a state, then end the embargo.

If the embargo ends first, PR will just be neglected.

[Alyekra]

I was totally unaware that we still had restrictions.

[Eeri]

Yes, there's no real purpose to embargoing Cuba anymore. As everyone else has said, Cold War is over, we have relations with China and Vietnam, new trade to Cuba could be beneficial.

[Sulamalik]

Google and McDonalds are the most potent forces of liberal democracy in the world. If the US is truly dedicated to global freedom, they shouldn't invade other countries, just friend them on facebook.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Ever heard of the Bay of Pigs?

They were counter-Revolutionaries and not American citizens

American citizens died in the attack, though.